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Chloe finally got to get her hands dirty as we stripped off the old running gear from the Fisher mountain bike for our singlespeed build project. She’s biting at the bit to get her hands on the grinder and knock off the cantilever brake mount points. I may just have to claim jurisdiction over that operation.

A couple of folks have already asked how I plan on mounting the brakes – especially the rear one. In truth those details haven’t been totally worked out. It may require a little custom-bracket making. I’m giving serious consideration to actually moving the rear brake down to the chain stays instead of the seat stays. We’ll see…

I think we’re going to try and make this into a single speed (non-fixed gear) for my daughter. She is itching to become “all mechanical” and really get her hands dirty working on a bike. This particular frame seems like a good candidate because: Keep reading →